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Amid Ukraine protests, some defect from government

By Maria Danilova
Published January 29, 2014 5:50pm ET
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Amid Ukraine protests, some defect from government
In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, journalist Ihor Medelyan, 32, talks to the Associated Press in an interview near barricades in central Kiev, the site of violent clashes between protesters and police. Medelyan quit the government-owned First National channel after the government violently dispersed a small peaceful protest rally and after his channel refused to objectively report on the event. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) | Sergei Chuzavkov

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — For several years, Ihor Medelyan worked for a government he didn’t support. He endured his job at a state-owned Ukrainian TV channel only because he loved being a journalist and had a family to feed.

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